Canadian apiary store owner foils honey heist by marauding swarm of ‘robber bees’

Bees can attack a rival hive to steal its honey stores, making it vulnerable to predation from other animals. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

A Canadian beekeeper has described fending off thousands of “robber bees” as they raided her shop in a brazen attempt to steal honey.

Christine McDonald, who owns Rushing River Apiaries in the British Columbia city of Terrace, said she entered her shop to find it overrun by the swarm.